Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. United States. National Archives and Records Administration

Description

1. 1 online resource (10 minutes 38 seconds) : sound, black and white

Summary

1. Part 1, naval guns bombard the beaches of Leyte and carrier-based planes bomb the island defenses. The amphibious assault begins. Shows Gens. MacArthur and Wainwright and Adm. Halsey. Part 2, Red Cross personnel pack food parcels for Americans imprisoned in Germany. Part 3, cadets parade at Uruguay's military academy in Montevideo. Part 4, a MARK I calculator at Harvard University solves math problems. Part 5, Marines capture pillboxes and dugouts on Peleliu Island. Part 6, the 5th Army breaks through the Gothic line in Italy behind artillery and tanks.

Series statement

1. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, 1942 - 1945

Uniform title

1. United News (Motion picture)

Subject

1. MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
2. MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
3. United States. Department of the Navy. U.S. Marine Corps
4. 1939-1945
5. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines
6. Mark I (Calculator)
7. Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944
8. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy
9. World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
10. Military campaigns
11. Italy
12. Palau
13. Philippines
14. United States

Genre/Form

1. Feature films
2. Actualities (Motion pictures)
3. Newsreels
4. Nonfiction films
5. Short films
6. Newsreels.
7. Short films.
8. Nonfiction films.
9. Feature films.

Call number

1. GPO Internet AE 1.130/2:M 11

System details (note)

1. Mode of access: Internet from the Google Video web site. Address as of 5/4/2006: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3950087406355056577; current access available via PURL.

Author

1. United States. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau.

Title

1. United News : MacArthur returns to the Philippines ; Red Cross Parcels for War Prisoners ; Uruguay military academy marks 59th Anniversary ; Giant calculator solves problems in mathematics ; Battle for Pelelui Island in final stages ; Allied armies break gothic line in Italy ; Allies Capture Great French port of Brest

Imprint

1. [Washington, D.C.] : National Archives and Records Administration, [1944]

Country of producing entity

1. United States naf

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. computer

Type of carrier

1. online resource

Series

1. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, 1942 - 1945

System details

1. Mode of access: Internet from the Google Video web site. Address as of 5/4/2006: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3950087406355056577; current access available via PURL.

Connect to:

1. https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS69513

Chronological term

1. 1939-1945

Added author

1. United States. National Archives and Records Administration.

Added title

1. United News (Motion picture)

Gpo item no.

1. 0569-I-03 (online)

Sudoc no.

1. AE 1.130/2:M 11

Research call number

1. GPO Internet AE 1.130/2:M 11